Grain-binder



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W. 0. ADAMS. GRAIN BINDER.

No. 474,801. Patented Mayl', 1892.

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W. C. ADAMS.

, GRAIN BINDER. No. 474,801. Patented'May 1'7, 1892.

' @mib/wonen UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE .I

VILLIAM C. ADAMS, OF STURGIS, KENTUCKY.

GRAIN-BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,801, dated May 17,1892.

Application filed May 19, 1891. Serial No. 393,318. (No model.)

To allf whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sturgis, in the county of Union and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Grain- ?inder, of which the following is a specifica- Ion.

This invention relates to grain-binders; and its principal object is to provide a machine of this class in which the grain-apron may be stopped while the operation of binding is taking place, thus stopping the feed or the supply of grain to the binding mechanism temporarily.

With this end in view the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a grain-binder constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing the parts in position to bind a bundle. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the center of the sleeve on the needle-shaft. Fig. 4 is a perspeotive view of the sliding frame carrying the needle, showing the latter in position to permit the grain to be fed over its tip. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of the sleeve.

Referring to the said drawings, 1 is the main frame-Work of this improved grain-binder, which is supported by the main wheel 2 and by the grain-wheel (not shown) at the outer or left end of the frame 3, which carries the apron 4, moving inwardly over an apron-roller 5 toward the supporting-wheel 2 -in a manner which will be clearly understood. The cutting apparatus is indicated at 6 and stands along the front edge of the apron 4. The reel will be driven by the shaft 7, which is connected by gears 8 with a transverse shaft 25, extending rearward across the framework and having its bearings in uprights 26 thereon, the rear end of this shaft carrying a sprocket-Wheel 27, which is driven in amanner hereinafter described. This reel and the mechanism for driving it form no part of the present invention and are merely described and illustrated in dotted lines in order to indicate their application to and position upon a machine embodying my improvements. The

needle-shaft 14 is square and the needle 19 is secured thereon, as shown. Said shaft is journaled in bearings in a plate 16, which forms a part of the deck. Secured to said plate are straps 17, forming the deck-support, and which are connected at their lower front ends by a rod 17 and Vat their rear ends by arms 18', supporting a rod 18, these two rods sliding through the side bars of the base of the frame 1, and in this manner the entire deck, the needle-shaft, and the needle are adjustable in the frame for a purpose to appear hereinafter. The needle '19 is of any approved pattern and stands with its tip normally below the deck, through which it moves to tie a bundle. At the front end of said plate 16 is anv upright 16', carrying a rearwardly-projecting tubular bearing 20, in which is journaled the knotter-operating shaft 21, and the ejector-arms 22 are keyed on this shaft in position to stand astride the needle when the latter is raised. The actuating mechanism for this lshaft 21 is not shown; but its operation is the same as that of similar devices in machines of the character and as hereinafter described. Being supported by an upright from the deck, it will be understood that the ejector is adjusted with the deck when the latter is moved, and hence maintains its position relatively to the needle at all times.

13 is a sleeve journaled in a bearing 13 and having a square hole through its axial center, wherein iits the square needle-shaft 14, the latter sliding through this hole, but being turned with the sleeve.

9 is a lever pivoted between its ends in a bracket 10 of the frame and having a pin 11 at its inner end engaging a cam-groove 12 in the sleeve, and the outer end of this lever is forked, as at 23, and fits loosely in a groove 24 in the hub of a sprocket-Wheel 28, this sprocket-wheel being mounted so as to slide on the shaft 5 of the apron-roller 5. 29 is a clutch member at the inner end of said hub, and 29 is another clutch member mounted on said shaft 5. By this means the movement of the needle and of the sleeve slides said sprocket-Wheel and its clutch member on thev IOO rod 36, mounted in brackets 37 across the up-l per end of the table.

40 is the main driving-shaft, which receives its power through suitable `connections (not shown) with the supporting-wheel2, andenthe rear end of this shaft is a sprocket-- wheel4l. l j

f4.2u is la chain belt, which I have indicated by a single dotted line in order to avoid confusion, Vandfthis belt passes around. the drivin g-wheel f41` over a suitable belt-tightener,.as 43whichis adjusted by any means, as the eccentricf44, sety by a thumb-nut k4.5, Ypasses thence under the sprocket-wheel 28 on the apron-roller' shaft, passes thence over the sprocket-wheel 27l on thel ,shaftl which drives the reel, passesthence under the sprocketwheel 33 ion the shaft whichdrives` the discharge-arm, passes thence over an idle-wheel 46, carried by the table 3Q, and. thencev back tothe ypointof starting. f A' 22,/ Ik' The operation'of this machine is as follows: The grain as it cut falls: on the apron 4, which delivers Vit tothe deck, whereon it accuinulatesbeneath the breast-plate 50, which isIOcated about where seen in dotted linesin l`ig.`2,v l'VAtfstated intervals the needle-,shaft l4f'isturned to v'canse the needle 19 to .rise through the deck,thereby forming a-'bu'ndle between the curved face of` theneedle and the n'siialcompresser-arm s, (not sh0wn,)which stand in properl positiontoassist in making a bundle,fas will'be understood As soon as theivedle coinvniences to riselthe cam-groove 1'12firigth`e sleeve 13 turns the lever 9 on its pivo't"10,disengages Qthe clutch members 29 2 Elf,"andfthnss`tops the rotation of the apronroller 5 andche'cls the feed of grain to the binding mechanism.' I. lHence the grain which iseut while the bundle isv being formed vsimply accumulates on thethen stationary apron. The vknotis tied by any suitable form of knotter. (Not here illustrated and forming no part o'fthe present invention.) ,The needle then re'cedes, thereby setting the apron again in motion, andv theknotteroperating shaft 2l is and'rapid revolution, whereby theejectors 22 areoperated and the `bundle is thrownoff thefdeckonto th'etable 30. The rotation ,of tlierank-sljaft 32 in the direction indicated causesthe discharge-arms 34 toi-each down the tabldgrasp tlierbu'ndle, drawit upward over theftable, anddl-op it off the same on the stubble side of .the "machine,v yemployment,of the helt-tightener above described,` while not essential with chain-belts under ordinarycirbyl its operating mechanism given a complete cumstances, becomes useful in this case on account of the longitudinal movement ofthe sprocketwheel 28, and A hence the sllght change in the size of the belt; but this change is so slight that the belt-tightener can be dispensed with entirely, if desired. As above stated, the reel and its connections form no part of the present invention. If the grain cut is long enough toglie completely across the apron, the needle, the knotter, and the ej ector-arms are adjusted by sliding the deck so that such devices will stand, as seen 1n Fig. l, at aboutthe center of the length of the grain; but with shorter grain of course the bundles must betied nearer the front edge of the apron in order that the binding-twlne will pass around said bundles latvtheir centers, and all these devices vcan be adjusted; i.; the frame-work to permit. ,At'thesame tlme Said adjustment/does not affect the automateJ checking of the feed of the apron, whichtakes place whenever Ythe needle is even partly above the deck, and hence avoids the undesirable feeding of the grain behindorrin rear of the needle. y v t What is claimed as new is- 1. Ina grain-binder, the combination, with the apron-roller `shaft havinga fixed lclutch member, and a sprocket-.wheel sliding thereon and having a clutch member, of the lever having ,a forked arm engaging an `annular groove in theA hub of saidsprocket-wheeha sleeve having acam-.groove engaging@ finger at the opposite end of said lever, and, a; needle-shaft square in cross-section, having Vone end journaledin a sliding deck ,and its other end passing loosely ,throughva square Phole in -Sad Sleeve, Substantially@ described,`

2. In a grain-binder, the combination, with the apron-,roller provided with a clutch, driving mechanism to be-engagedby saidclnath and the needle-shaf t, of ftheclutch-operatin-g lever, and the sleeve on said shaft havinga cam-groove for operating'said d ever, ,as and for the purpose set fort, l f

3. In a grain-binder, the combination, with the frame-work and an apron delivering thereinto at one end, of transverse rods sliding through said frame-work, arms rising fromfthe 1 inner rod, parallel inclined straps connecting f theA upper ends of said` arms with the `outer rod and yforming the deck, aplate carriedby l said. deck, a needle-shaft jonrnaledvin-i-said plate and projecting to the rearacross thedeck, the projecting portion vbeingsquare, ansleeve 2 mounted ina bearingon lthe frame-workand havin gasquare hole, through which saidshaft j passes loosely,a cam onsaid sleeve, 4.driving mechanism for said apron,.a clutch between l saidl mechanism land the apron-roller, and connections between said cam and; :clutch for opening thel latter when theneedle rises, sub,- st-antiallyy as described. l. k4.` vIn ya'grain-lgvinder, the combination, with ia frame-work, an apronl delivering thereinto fat its ,outer end, a table at `the inner 'wend ofl thefram e-work standing over` a: ,supporting-v IOO IOS

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Wheel, a bearing n the frame-Work, a sleeve arms operating above and sliding longitudijournaled therei and a lever actuated by nelly with said deck,` aneedle,and dischargethe oscillation of said sleeve, of a clutch memarms moving over said table, as set forth.

ber on the apron-ro1ler, a driven clutch meml In testimony that I claim the foregoing as x5 5 ber adapted to engage the same or to be dismy own Ihave hereto affixed rny signature in engaged therefrom by said lever, a, deck inpresence of two Witnesses.

@lining from said roller to the lower edge of said table and movable transversely of the VVILLAM C ADAMS' frame-work, a needle-shaft journaled in said Vitnesses: Io deck and having an angular projection pass- D. A. BROOKS, Jr.,

ing through a hole in said sleeve, ejector- E. R. DYER. 

